https://www.baldengineer.com/tag/kegRecent content in Keg on Bald EngineerHugoen-USTue, 24 Mar 2015 16:15:33 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/ipadarduino-controlled-kegbot-by-yelp.htmlSat, 16 Oct 2010 16:25:03 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=287<div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BwVoir5HSo4?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <p>Engineers at <a href="http://www.yelp.com">Yelp</a> have put together an Arduino and iPad controlled Keg-o-rator.  By swiping their RFID they can track how much a person is drinking, collect statistics about how others enjoyed the beer (by rating it), and maintain a leader-board of the office.  Everything used in the project is based on off-the-self components.  My guess is that they are communicating between the iPad and Arduino over the iPod Dock&rsquo;s i2c interface.  It looks like they are using the <a href="http://shop.kineteka.com/products/100-sansabreakout-board.aspx">PodGizmo iPod Dock Conntector Breakout board</a> available at <a href="http://shop.kineteka.com/">Kinetka Systems</a>.  Drink up!</p>